Re: what is it about macs and sleep?

2010-05-16 Thread mince and pud
Sorry to start this off then disappear - it's just that an australia post van had an altercation with our lovely telstra stuck-to-gumtrees- with-gaffer-tape temporary (sic) phone line and the phone line came off worse. Thanks for comments - I don't have any hot corners but it was a good

Re: what is it about macs and sleep?

2010-05-13 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Eugene, On 14/05/2010, at 12:54 PM, Eugene wrote: > Hi > > I had no end of problem with my old MBP 15" with sleep. It would often not > awake from sleep and at times when I put it to sleep it would stay on. This > was particularly bad when I placed it in its sleeve without knowing that it

Re: what is it about macs and sleep?

2010-05-13 Thread Steven Knowles
Hi Rob Yep, both my current 17" MBP and previous 17" Powerbook (I think that's what it was called?) suffered from similar wake issues. I've never (or rarely) needed to power down to bring the screen back to life, but I have needed to hit keys more than once, or close and re-open the lid. I've

Re: what is it about macs and sleep?

2010-05-13 Thread Eugene
Hi I had no end of problem with my old MBP 15" with sleep. It would often not awake from sleep and at times when I put it to sleep it would stay on. This was particularly bad when I placed it in its sleeve without knowing that it was on. I'd get home and the MBP would be hot enough to cook an

Re: what is it about macs and sleep?

2010-05-13 Thread Rob Phillips
The trouble I regularly have with my 17" MacBook Pro is that when I put it to sleep by closing the lid, it often (but not always) will not wake from sleep. The screen stays black even though it still seems to be operating. I have to hold down the power button for 10 secs and then it shuts d

Re: what is it about macs and sleep?

2010-05-13 Thread Ronda Brown
On 14/05/2010, at 11:40 AM, mince and pud wrote: > > Hi all > > We've had six macs between us now, 3 still current, and not one has ever done > what we asked as regards sleep. They don't sleep when they should, doze off > when they shouldn't, refuse to wake My G5 is usually ok after a re

Re: what is it about macs and sleep?

2010-05-13 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Alastair, I don't know if it's relevant but I got a bad fright the first time my Mac screen went suddenly black in the middle of doing something Until I realised that I had a "Hot Corner" set to "Put Display to Sleep" and my cursor had wandered into the corner! To check if you have any "

what is it about macs and sleep?

2010-05-13 Thread mince and pud
Hi all We've had six macs between us now, 3 still current, and not one has ever done what we asked as regards sleep. They don't sleep when they should, doze off when they shouldn't, refuse to wake My G5 is usually ok after a restart for a few days, sleeping after 15 mins, then it for